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37 Cards in this Set
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Bagpipe |
Noun A type of musical instrument, played especially in Scotland and Ireland, from which you produce sound by blowing air into a bag and pressing it out through pipes |
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Galore |
Adjective In huge amount To satisfy your sweet tooth, this café has desserts galore. Because there is food galore at the party, I know I will not go hungry BBQ Galore |
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Slat |
Noun A flat piece of wood
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Contented |
Adjective Happy and satisfied: She smiled a contented smile. He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. |
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Yarn |
Noun A story, usually a long one with a lot of excitement or interest: He knew how to spin a good yarn (= tell a good story). |
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Dead to the world |
Sleeping very deeply You can't wake him up.
He's dead to the world. |
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Dead to the world |
Sleeping very deeply so you can't wake him up.
He's dead to the world. |
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Keep a cool head |
To stay calm in a difficult situation:
I don't know how you manage to keep such a cool head in such a stressful office! |
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No matter what |
If you say that you are going to do something no matter what, you are emphasizing that you are definitely going to do it, even if there are obstacles or difficulties.
I vowed then, no matter what, I would never be like those people. |
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To ring a bell |
Sound familiar. If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is. The name rang a bell but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before. |
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Shake a leg |
Used to tell someone to hurry or act more quickly.
Come on, Nick, shake a leg or we'll never be ready in time. |
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Conclude |
Verb To judge or decide something after thinking carefully about it: What can we conclude from the graph above?
The jury concluded from the evidence that the defendant was innocent. |
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Cumulative |
Adjective Increasing by one addition after another:
Ben's cumulative score result is more than Jane's. The cumulative effect of using so many chemicals on the land could be disastrous. |
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Mount |
Verb To gradually increase, rise, or get bigger:
The children's excitement is mounting as Christmas gets nearer. |
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Trickle |
Verb Run slowly down. If liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and without force in a thin line:
Blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth. Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank. |
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Abode |
Noun The place where someone lives:
The defendant is of no fixed abode (= has no permanent home). Welcome to my humble abode! |
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Abundance |
Noun The situation in which there is more than enough of something
There was an abundance of food at the wedding. This team has talent in abundance. |
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Abound |
Verb To exist in large numbers:
They live in a region where watermelon abounds. |
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Lorry |
Noun A truck As the lorry went past, I got an eyeful of grit. The second accident involved two cars and a lorry. |
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Rear |
Adjective At the back of something
There's a sticker on the rear window. |
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Nonchalant |
Adjective Behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care:
She waited her turn to audition, trying to look nonchalant. |
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Sombre |
Adjective Serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment:
The funeral was a sombre occasion. |
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Ornate |
Adjective Having a lot of complicated decoration:
A room with an ornate ceiling and gold mirrors |
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Sagacious |
Adjective 明智 Wise; having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments:
They were sagacious enough to avoid any physical confrontation.
It is not very sagacious of you to play with fire. |
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Spherical |
Adjective Round, like a ball (adjective of sphere)
The earth is not perfectly spherical. |
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Cite |
Verb To mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened
She cited three reasons why people get into debt. |
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Butchery |
Noun The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat. A butcher' shop. |
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A black sheep |
A person who has done something bad that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family: He's the black sheep of the family. |
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Pigheaded |
Incredibly stubborn, narrow-minded, and often ignorant or foolish.
He's a nice guy most of the time, but he can be really pigheaded when it comes to certain things. My last boss was so pigheaded, so it's nice to work for someone with a bit more common sense and common decency. |
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Sour grapes |
If you describe someone's behaviour or opinion as sour grapes, you mean that that person is angry because they have not got or achieved something that they wanted:
He always mocks sports cars as being really impractical, but it's just sour grapes, if you ask me. |
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Heavy eyed |
Adjective Appearing tired or sleepy.
She looked heavy-eyed when she got up the next morning, and Lord Elham was quick to pick up the traces of her disquiet. |
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Heavy eyed |
Adjective Appearing tired or sleepy.
She looked heavy-eyed when she got up the next morning, and Lord Elham was quick to pick up the traces of her worries
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Recall |
Verb Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember.
"As I recall," he said with some irritation, "you still owe me $150." He recalled (that) he had sent the letter over a month ago. Can you recall what happened last night? |
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Recall |
Verb Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember.
"As I recall," he said with some irritation, "you still owe me $150." He recalled (that) he had sent the letter over a month ago. Can you recall what happened last night? |
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Knell |
Noun A stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
Death knell |
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Bust |
Verb A person who is busted is caught doing something wrong, esp. caught by the police and accused of a crime.
He was busted by the police at airport for drug trafficking. |
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Hostel |
A cheap hotel We stayed in a lovely hostel just off the main square. |
